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Leviticus 11:9-21 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

9. “ ‘These you may eat from all that are in the water: any in the water that has a fin and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams—such you may eat.

10. But any that does not have a fin and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, among all the water’s swarmers among all the living creatures that are in the water—they are a detestable thing to you.

11. And they shall be detestable to you; you must not eat from their meat, and you must detest their dead body.

12. Any that does not have a fin and scales in the water—it is a detestable thing to you.

13. “ ‘And these you must detest from the birds; they must not be eaten—they are detestable: the eagle and the vulture and the short-toed eagle,

14. and the red kite and the black kite according to its kind,

15. every crow according to its kind,

16. and the ostrich and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind,

17. and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl,

18. and the barn owl and the desert owl and the carrion vulture,

19. and the stork, the heron according to its kind and the hoopoe and the bat.

20. “ ‘Any winged insect that walks on all fours is detestable to you.

21. Only this may you eat from any of the winged insects that walk on all fours—that which has jointed legs above its feet for leaping upon the land.

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